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University at Buffalo students are constructing tiny homes to fight homelessness

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Students from the University at Buffalo have embarked on the construction of three tiny homes to help combat homelessness. Led by Brad Wales, a clinical assistant professor at the university’s Department of Architecture, the initiative forms part of a design-build program within the school called the Small Built Works Project.

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Steven Holl’s zinc-clad Ostrava Concert Hall set to begin construction

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Construction is set to begin on the Steven Holl Architects -designed Ostrava Concert Hall in the Czech Republic. Hall won the competition for the scheme’s design back in 2018 with a proposal that saw the concert hall “encased” in a case of zinc.

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Residential construction activity declined in 2023, according to new census data

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Building permits and construction starts for residential projects in the United States declined by approximately 10% in 2023 versus 2022, according to new data by the U.S. An estimated 1,469,800 housing units were authorized by building permits in 2023, which is 11.7% Census Bureau. lower than in 2022.

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‘Mutant’ London apartment block to be demolished for deviating too far from permitted development

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In a statement, the authority concluded that the 23-story building, named Mast Quay Phase II, was “so substantially different to the scheme that was originally permitted” that the development’s ultimate construction was unlawful.

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NYC construction worker fatalities are now at record lows

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New York City construction worker fatalities have declined to record lows, according to a new report released by the NYC Department of Buildings. Construction-related deaths are now at their lowest point in the past decade despite an increase in injuries at job sites for the third consecutive year, the reporting showed.

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Arizona's state water supply loophole is causing a gold rush for multifamily construction

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Ferris says the strength of Arizona's water law is that it links building decisions with water decisions. Small cities like Casa Grande and Buckeye are making the news as prolific cases, with around 3,000 and 6,500 new units permitted in each in the last two years alone. The official statewide need stands at 200,000 overall.

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64 building owners express interest in entering NYC's Office Conversion Accelerator program

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New York City's recently launched Office Conversion Accelerator Program has drawn interest from 64 building owners in Manhattan as planning officials mull changes to help speed up the process intended to deliver 20,000 new units of housing by 2033. Most of the conversions have targeted L.

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